"Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have."

-- Marva Collins

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Media Quotes

“The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.”
“I believe in health care reform.”
“Caution is the path to mediocrity.”
“I've grieved enough for his life cut short and for mine for running on for so long with so little in it. It's weakness now, but I suppose I am crying out of a general sense of loss. Maybe I am mourning for the human condition.”

Source : Rosie Thomas (2016). “Iris and Ruby: A Novel”, p.150, The Overlook Press
“On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone.”
“There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will.”
“One of the most difficult things for any artist to do is create a world that looks both completely alien yet real and possible.”
“Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.”

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